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Detailed record for Sloane 1171
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| Title |
Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae |
| Origin |
England |
| Date |
2nd half of the 16th century |
| Language |
Latin, English, Greek |
| Script |
Humanistic cursive |
| Decoration |
Numerous large and small ink drawings mostly with washes in colours (ff. 1, 2, 2v, 4, 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 7v, 8, 8v, 9, 10, 11, 11v, 12, 12v, 13, 13v, 14, 15, 16v, 17, 18v, 19, 19v-20, 20v, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 34, 38v, 55v, 65v, 83v, 85v, 86v, 87v, 88v, 89, 92v, 94v, 98, 98v, 100, 100v-101, 104, 120, 120v, 121, 122, 122v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
150 x 100 (140 x 75) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 122 (+ 6 original leaves after f. 119; + 4 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 5 at the end) |
| Form |
Paper codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. i).
Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts: Sloane 1091-1598 (London: British Museum unpublished manuscript of unedited descriptions, 1873), no. 1171 [available in The British Library Manuscripts Reading Room]. |
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f. 5
Dragon |
ff. 7v-8
Christopher, lion, and a plant |
f. 7v
Lion |
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f. 8
Plant |
f. 8v
Salamander |
f. 16v
King |
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f. 18v
Dragon |
f. 18v
Dragon |
ff. 19v-20
Ink drawing |
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f. 19v
Bird |
f. 19v-20
Dragon |
f. 20
Frogs |
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f. 86v
Salamander |
ff. 100v-101
Sun and dragon |
f. 100v
Sun |
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f. 101
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f. 120v
Drawing |
f. 122
Drawing |
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f. 122v
Frogs |
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